Chapter 64 Secrets And Embraces

• Bonnie POV
• We left Rachel’s house in silence, the weight of what had happened still hanging between us like a dark cloud. Gabriel’s car was parked across the street, the city lights reflecting off the hood, but each step we took felt like it carried the weight of a mountain.
• I could feel the tension in the air, thick and sharp, in the way he kept his arms glued to his sides, in the way he avoided looking at me. It was as if an invisible barrier had risen between us, and every second of silence made it taller, harder to climb. It was killing me inside, a silent pain I didn’t know how to express.